Citizens United President David Bossie freely admits it: He was part of the “vast right-wing conspiracy.” Amid the 7,500 documents released Friday by the Clinton Presidential Library is a 28-page report titled “Communication Stream of Conspiracy Commerce.” The document was written in 1995 and describes what then-first lady Hillary Clinton would call in a 1998 […]
MANCHESTER— Seven months ahead of the 2014 mid-term elections, the 2016 first-in-the nation primary preliminaries began in first-primary state New Hampshire on Saturday. Three top potential conservative Republican presidential contenders, and several more who may run, unleashed a barrage of anti-Barack Obama and Democratic rhetoric to begin the arduous job of currying favor with the […]
MANCHESTER, N.H. – President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is coming under renewed attack as some of the nation’s leading conservatives gather in New Hampshire for a summit that some consider the unofficial kickoff for the state’s 2016 presidential selection process. Several potential Republican White House contenders – among them Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas […]
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Here in a state where presidential politics are never far from anyone’s mind, three Republicans who are considering a run for the White House — Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor — pitched their views on Saturday for how conservatives can […]
The country’s leading conservative voices — and potential 2016 presidential candidates — gathered Saturday in New Hampshire to drive more stakes into ObamaCare and urge voters to end Democrats’ control of the White House and Senate. “We win whenever we have an agenda, boldly focused on upward economic mobility for Americans,” Utah GOP Sen. Mike […]
An A-list of national Republican figures who were in the city Saturday for an event dubbed the New Hampshire Freedom Summit found a receptive audience for criticism of President Obama, the Affordable Care Act and most things Democratic. Arranged by two conservative political groups – Americans for Prosperity and Citizens United – the daylong meeting […]
When you ask the New Hampshire residents attending the inaugural Freedom Summit why they’re here, there’s a very good chance this is their first reaction, followed by a reverent recitation of the names that drew more than 700 people to a hotel conference center Saturday morning. There’s Ted Cruz, whom Jean Ferreira, 55, was most […]
David Bossie, president of Citizens United, the conservative advocacy group whose lawsuit led to the 2010 court ruling that paved the way for unlimited spending and fundraising by independent Super PACs and nonprofit groups, agreed. “Candidates will be able to raise a few more dollars. But the Democratic and Republican Party committees will benefit.” Read […]
Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling eliminating aggregate donation limits from individual donors has been called the next Citizens United. Dave Bossie, the president and chairman of Citizens United, the nonprofit advocacy group that won a similar landmark Supreme Court case in 2010, says he takes that as a compliment. “I’m really happy for Mr. McCutcheon, it […]
Wednesday’s 5-4 ruling on political contributions in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission is considered by some legal experts to be a companion to the court’s 2010 ruling, called Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The earlier decision threw out limits on what any individual can give to federal candidates over a two-year election cycle. Wednesday’s […]
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Conservative radio host Mark Levin accepted the first annual Citizens United Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday afternoon before a standing-room-only crowd of hundreds of conservative activists. Read more at Breitbart.com here.
On Tuesday it was announced that the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) had decided to allow the group American Atheists to have a booth at this year’s event, but nearly as soon as it was announced, CPAC officials pulled the invitation. Regardless, the original invitation was enough to spur prominent conservative Brent Bozell to pull […]